Clothes-line holder.



P. GURRAN- GLOTHES LINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Mn 1. 1908.

Patented Oct. 12. 1909.

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UNITED STATE$ PATRICK CURRAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-LINE HOLDER.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK CURRAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Holders, ofwhichthe following is a specification, such as will enable those skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to clothes line holders of the class designed tobe connected with a window frame and to serve as one support for anendless line which is passed around a pulley supported at apredetermined distance from the window, and the object thereof is toprovide a device of this class which may be swung inwardly through thewindow, and is so constructed as to permit of clothes or other articlesbeing suspended from the line and the line pulled around on its supportswithout rendering it necessary for the operator to lean out of thewindow; a further object being to provide a device of the classspecified which will prevent the serious and sometimes fatalaccidentsoccasioned by the manipulation of clothes lines supported in the mannerset out.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure l is a sectional plan view of awindow or window frame, and showing my improved clothes line holder orsupport connected therewith and the method of its op eration, Fig. 2 aside elevation of one side of the window looking in the direction of thearrow 2 of Fig. l, and showing the parts of the line holder in theposition represented in dotted lines in said figure, Fig. 3 a section onthe line 33 of Fig. 1, and ;Fig. 4 a section 011 the line 44 of Fig. 3.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at a oneof the walls of a house, and at a a window, the side portions of thewindow frame being shown at a and a In the practice of my invention, Isecure to the outer side face of the side a of the window frame an anglebracket 5 having a projecting arm 6 provided, in the form ofconstruction shown, with a longitudinal slot 6 and mounted on the innerside of the arm Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 1, 1908.

Patented Oct. 12, 1999.

Serial No. 430,281.

b is a slide plate 0 which is connected with the arm 5 by a tongue andgroove construction as shown at c in Fig. I, and passed through the armin the slide plate 0 is a bolt by means of which said parts are held inconnection, and by means of which the slide plate 0 may be adjustedtoward and from the window frame on the arm 6 the slide plate being alsoprovided with a longitudinal slot 0* which corresponds with the slot Z2in the arm 6 The slide plate 0 is provided at its outer end with avertically arranged cross head provided with top and bottom ears 0. Ialso provide an arm (Z to which is secured a plate (Z having ears dwhich projectiat an angle therefrom, and the ears (Z are connected withthe ears 0 by a pin or bolt (.Z" passed therethrough as clearly shown inFig. 8, and this construction forms a hinge on which the arm (Z is freeto swing. The arm (Z is composed of two parts, the outer part (Z beingshorter than the inner or main part, in the form of construction shown,and being hinged to said inner or main part shown at d, and in thecorresponding ends of the separate parts of said arm, at the point wheresaid parts are hinged together are grooves (F. The part (Z of the arm (Zis provided at its free end and 011 the outer side thereof with a hook6, with which is connected a pulley 6 and 011 the top of the free endportion of the part (Z of the arm (Z is a pin or lug c adapted to beengaged by a ring 0* secured to the main part of the arm (Z by a staplec. The inner end of the arm (Z, or that part of said arm adjacent to thehinge thereof is provided with an eye bolt, screw or similar device fbelow which is a hook or similar device f and in practice the line 9 ispassed around the pulley e, and the top part or reach thereof is passedthrough the eye bolt or similar device 7 and around another pul leysupported in the usual manner at a predetermined distance from thewindow, and the ends of the line are connected in the usual manner toform an endless line.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing I have shown the parts of my improved clothesline holder in full lines, and in the position they assume when the saidline holder is in use. If now it is desired to hang clothes or otherarticles on the line the window sash, which is not shown, is raised andthe arm (Z is swung inwardly through the window, the ring 0 is releasedfrom the pin or lug e and the part (Z of said arm is straightened out asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the bottom reach of the line 9 is thendisconnected from the hook f and the clothes or other articles may behung on the bottom reach of said line, and as this operation proceedsthe line is pulled around in the directionof the arrow 00 in Fig. 2, andthe bottom reach of the line is fed out in the direction of the pulleywhich is supported at a predetermined distance from the window and notshown. When all the clothes or other articles are hung on the line, thepart (Z of the arm (Z is again swung into the position shown in fulllines in Fig. 1, and the ring 6* is again en gaged with the pin or lug cand the bottom reach of the line 9 is again connected with the hook fand the armd is swung out of the window. The arm (Z is held in theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 while the clothes or otherarticles are being placed on the line, by a U-shap'ed bracket 7L, andthrough the arms of which is passed a pin or bolt 7L2. WVhen the arm (Zis swung inwardly as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, it enters thebracket 71 and the pin or bolt 71, is passed through the arms thereofand holds the arm (Z in said position, and all that is necessary torelease it and enable it to swing outwardly into the position shown infull lines in Fig. 1 is to pull out the pin or bolt 71 The eye bolt f isso positioned that when the arm (Z is in the position shown in fulllines in Fig. 1, the said eye bolt is in a vertical plane slightly tothe right of, or inwardly of the hinge of the arm (Z, or the position ofthe pin or bolt (Z and the strain or pull on the line with the clothesthereon will always hold the arm (Z substantially in the position shownin full lines in Fig. 1, and any movement that said arm has in ahorizontal plane will not be s'uflicient to throw it against the windowor the window sash.

The method of constructing the arm (Z and placing the line thereon asherein shown and described, is such, as to provide very little slack insaid line when the arm (Z or the parts thereof are in either of thepositions shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and also when said arm or theparts thereof are in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1; and myimproved line holder isperfectly adapted to accomplish the result forwhich it is intended, and is also comparatively inexpensive.

In practice the arm (Z is connected with the window frame just below thetop of the bottom sash, or below the bottom of the top sash, and whenthe bottom sash is raised the said arm may be freely manipulated ashereinbefore'described, and will be supported at such height above thebottom of the window as to facilitate the manipulation of the linethereon for the purpose of hanging clothes or other articles on saidline, or removing said clothes or other articles from said line, inwhich last operation the arm (Z is also swung inwardly through thewindow, and th e parts thereof and the line 9 manipulated ashereinbefore described. It will be understood that the notches orrecesses (Z in the adjacent ends of the separate parts of the arm (Zserve to hold the line in proper position when the parts of the arm (Zare folded together as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and also in dottedlines, or other means may be provided for holding the line on the endsof the separate parts of the arm (Z if desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,

A clothes line holder adapted to be hinged to one side of a window frameand comprising an arm having an outer hinged end portion, the hinged endportion being provided with a pulley and the inner end portion beingprovided adjacent to its hinge with a keeper through which one part ofthe line is adapted to be passed and with another keeper with whichanother part of the line is adapted to be engaged, and means forsecuring the hinged end portion to the main portion of said arm whensaid parts are folded together, the separate parts of the arm being alsoprovided in the ends thereof where the hinge is placed with notches orrecesses adapted to receive both parts of the line which are passedaround said ends when the separate parts of the arm are folded together;v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence ofthe subscribing witnesses this 30th day of April1908.

PATRICK GURRAN.

Htnesses V M. E. .DOODY, C. E. MULREANY.

